Botswana grapples with growing human trafficking scourge

Chained and bound: Human trafficking is a global scourge PIC: KURDISTAN.NET
Chained and bound: Human trafficking is a global scourge PIC: KURDISTAN.NET

Botswana is grappling to contain a growing scourge of human trafficking in the country, civil society organisations have said in their submission to the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM).

The report titled ‘The Big Governance Issues in Botswana’ released recently indicates that there is a growing trend of  trafficking women and children in the country despite increased efforts to fight the problem.

According to the report, government  identified 13 potential victims of human trafficking in 2018 with nine adult males exploited in forced labor, three women exploited in sex labor in neighboring countries and one woman exploited in sex labor within the country.

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